{
  "id": "nguru",
  "name": "Nguru (Maori semi-enclosed flute)",
  "family": "wind",
  "class": "flute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": 0,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": -1,
    "articulation": 0,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -2
  },
  "short": "nguru",
  "parts": [
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      "id": "nguru_material",
      "name": "Body material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "nguru_whale_tooth",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Niho pāraoa — sperm-whale tooth (the prestige form, held by tohunga and rangatira)",
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            "dense",
            "bright",
            "sacred"
          ],
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            "taonga-puoro",
            "maori-tradition",
            "bone"
          ],
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            "polynesian",
            "cites-app-i"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nguru_wood",
          "name": "Carved hardwood (tōtara / matai)",
          "descriptors": [
            "woody",
            "warm",
            "carved"
          ],
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            "taonga-puoro",
            "maori-tradition",
            "wooden"
          ],
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            "wood"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nguru_bone",
          "name": "Bird or whale bone",
          "descriptors": [
            "bone",
            "dry",
            "bright-edged"
          ],
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            "wind",
            "taonga-puoro",
            "bone"
          ],
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          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nguru_stone",
          "name": "Stone / soapstone",
          "descriptors": [
            "dense",
            "brittle",
            "archaic"
          ],
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            "wind",
            "taonga-puoro",
            "stone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "maori"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nguru_gourd",
          "name": "Dried gourd (hue)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gourd",
            "hollow-toned",
            "quiet"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind",
            "taonga-puoro",
            "breathy"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "maori"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "nguru_technique",
      "name": "Blowing technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "nguru_mouth_cross_blown",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mouth cross-blown over the wide open end (the usual practice, as for the kōauau)",
          "descriptors": [
            "standard",
            "rounded",
            "veiled"
          ],
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            "wind",
            "blown",
            "taonga-puoro",
            "maori-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
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          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nguru_nose_blown",
          "name": "Nose-blown, one nostril stopped, across the opening or the upturned snout (tapu, prestige)",
          "descriptors": [
            "breathy",
            "soft",
            "sacred",
            "quiet"
          ],
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            "wind-driven",
            "nose-blown",
            "breathy"
          ],
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            "maori",
            "polynesian",
            "sacred"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "nguru_context",
      "name": "Performance context / voicing",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "nguru_calming_lament",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Close-range calming and restorative work, lullaby and lament",
          "descriptors": [
            "intimate",
            "gentle",
            "plaintive",
            "meditative"
          ],
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            "wind",
            "solo",
            "gentle",
            "taonga-puoro"
          ],
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            "solo",
            "lullaby"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nguru_breath_speech",
          "name": "Heavily breath-inflected, speech-like phrasing",
          "descriptors": [
            "breathy",
            "narrative",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind",
            "breathy",
            "narrative"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "maori",
            "ritual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nguru_taonga_puoro_ensemble",
          "name": "Contemporary taonga pūoro ensemble, film and concert work",
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            "contemporary",
            "revival",
            "ensemble"
          ],
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            "wind",
            "ensemble",
            "taonga-puoro"
          ],
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            "maori",
            "revival",
            "concert"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "nguru_size",
      "name": "Size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "nguru_medium",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Medium (~10 cm — rounded and full)",
          "descriptors": [
            "balanced",
            "rounded",
            "mellow"
          ],
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            "wind",
            "taonga-puoro",
            "maori-tradition"
          ],
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            "maori"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nguru_small",
          "name": "Small (~5 cm — thin and high; the only practical nose-blown size)",
          "descriptors": [
            "high-pitched",
            "airy",
            "quiet"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind",
            "taonga-puoro",
            "high-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "maori"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nguru_large",
          "name": "Large (~15 cm — lower and fuller)",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep",
            "full",
            "resonant"
          ],
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            "wind",
            "taonga-puoro",
            "low-register"
          ],
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            "maori"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "id": "nguru_material",
      "name": "Body material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "nguru_whale_tooth",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Niho pāraoa — sperm-whale tooth (the prestige form, held by tohunga and rangatira)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bone",
            "dense",
            "bright",
            "sacred"
          ],
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            "taonga-puoro",
            "maori-tradition",
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          ],
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            "polynesian",
            "cites-app-i"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nguru_wood",
          "name": "Carved hardwood (tōtara / matai)",
          "descriptors": [
            "woody",
            "warm",
            "carved"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind",
            "taonga-puoro",
            "maori-tradition",
            "wooden"
          ],
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            "maori",
            "wood"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nguru_bone",
          "name": "Bird or whale bone",
          "descriptors": [
            "bone",
            "dry",
            "bright-edged"
          ],
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            "wind",
            "taonga-puoro",
            "bone"
          ],
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          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nguru_stone",
          "name": "Stone / soapstone",
          "descriptors": [
            "dense",
            "brittle",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind",
            "taonga-puoro",
            "stone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "maori"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nguru_gourd",
          "name": "Dried gourd (hue)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gourd",
            "hollow-toned",
            "quiet"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind",
            "taonga-puoro",
            "breathy"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "maori"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "nguru_technique",
      "name": "Blowing technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "nguru_mouth_cross_blown",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mouth cross-blown over the wide open end (the usual practice, as for the kōauau)",
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            "standard",
            "rounded",
            "veiled"
          ],
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            "wind",
            "blown",
            "taonga-puoro",
            "maori-tradition"
          ],
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          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nguru_nose_blown",
          "name": "Nose-blown, one nostril stopped, across the opening or the upturned snout (tapu, prestige)",
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            "breathy",
            "soft",
            "sacred",
            "quiet"
          ],
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            "nose-blown",
            "breathy"
          ],
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            "polynesian",
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          ]
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      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "nguru_context",
      "name": "Performance context / voicing",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "nguru_calming_lament",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Close-range calming and restorative work, lullaby and lament",
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            "intimate",
            "gentle",
            "plaintive",
            "meditative"
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            "solo",
            "gentle",
            "taonga-puoro"
          ],
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            "solo",
            "lullaby"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nguru_breath_speech",
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          "descriptors": [
            "breathy",
            "narrative",
            "expressive"
          ],
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            "wind",
            "breathy",
            "narrative"
          ],
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            "maori",
            "ritual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nguru_taonga_puoro_ensemble",
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            "contemporary",
            "revival",
            "ensemble"
          ],
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            "wind",
            "ensemble",
            "taonga-puoro"
          ],
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            "revival",
            "concert"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "nguru_size",
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        {
          "id": "nguru_medium",
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            "rounded",
            "mellow"
          ],
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            "wind",
            "taonga-puoro",
            "maori-tradition"
          ],
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          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nguru_small",
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            "high-pitched",
            "airy",
            "quiet"
          ],
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            "wind",
            "taonga-puoro",
            "high-register"
          ],
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            "maori"
          ]
        },
        {
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            "deep",
            "full",
            "resonant"
          ],
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            "wind",
            "taonga-puoro",
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          ],
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          ]
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}